Associate Director - MEP

Lead with Purpose. Build with Innovation. Grow with Stantec.

Are you an ambitious leader with a passion for delivering innovative, client-focused building services solutions? Do you have the drive to grow a team, win new work, and help shape the future of the built environment in the North of England?

Stantec is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Associate Director – MEP (Building Services) to join our Leeds office. With a strong mechanical background preferred, this is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in growing our MEP offering across sectors — particularly education and healthcare — while delivering exceptional project outcomes.

As Associate Director, you will play a key role across three core areas: business development, project delivery, and team management. With an emphasis on business growth, this role offers you the opportunity to lead strategically while remaining technically hands-on.

You will drive and support work-winning activity alongside the Regional Director and MEP Lead. As well as developing long-term relationships with clients — particularly in the education and healthcare sectors.

You will help grow and lead a high-performing team of MEP engineers and technicians, ensuring quality assurance, commercial governance, and resource planning are embedded in every project.

You will champion a collaborative, supportive culture that promotes innovation and development.

You will lead multidisciplinary engineering projects from inception to delivery, ensuring on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery that meets client specifications. You will maintain oversight of project health, safety, design quality, and client satisfaction. You will drive process improvement and mentor your team in technical excellence.

ABOUT YOU

Ideally you will have a relevant mechanical engineering qualification at HNC, HND, Bachelors or Master’s level and will ideally be a chartered engineer or working towards membership with a relevant institution. You'

• Proven experience leading MEP teams and delivering complex building services projects.
• Strong mechanical engineering background preferred.
• Excellent commercial awareness and business development skills.
• Deep understanding of client priorities in sectors like education and healthcare.
• A collaborative leadership style and commitment to team development.

Why Join Us?

At Stantec, you’ll be part of a global design and engineering firm with community at its heart. We empower our people with flexibility, autonomy, and support to thrive. From concept to delivery, we create places that matter — and we’re looking for leaders like you to help us do just that.

• Be part of a growing, collaborative Leeds team with regional and national support.
• Enjoy a flexible, hybrid working environment.
• Access professional development and leadership opportunities within a global network.
• Help shape a sustainable and people-focused future through innovative design.

Apply now to join Stantec as our next Associate Director – MEP and make your mark on some of the region’s most impactful projects.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. 

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. 

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected]  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.